Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue

Issue Brief on “Future of Muslims Under India’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)”

On December 11, 2019, the Indian parliament passed the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) which allows persecuted minorities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan who...

Issue Brief on “Recent Iran-US Tensions: An Assessment”

The year 2020 dawned with an ominous shadow of war looming upon the world and the Middle Eastern region in particular. Although the entire...

Issue Brief on “OIC: United for Peace and Development”

“United for Peace and Development” was the logo under which the commemoration festivities of the 50th anniversary of Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) began...

Issue Brief on “Lethal Autonomous Weapons: Where does the International Arms Control and Disarmament...

At the recent “Tsentr 2019 Maneuvers,” the Russian armed forces successfully conducted combat operations through a fully autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for the...

Issue Brief on “Riyadh Agreement: A Glimmer of Hope for the Crisis in Yemen”

Saudi-backed Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi government and the Southern Transitional Council (STC) supported by the United Arab Emirates signed a power-sharing agreement on November 5,...

Issue Brief on “US Lawmakers Wake up to Human Rights Violations in IOK”

Following the revocation of Article 370 and 35-A relating to the special status of Indian Occupied Kashmir on August 5, 2019, the Modi government...

Issue Brief on “CPEC and China-US War of Words”

An extraordinary three-way exchange between China, Pakistan and the United States has taken place on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) during the third week of...

Issue Brief on “Elections in Afghanistan: An Uncertain Outcome”

On September 28, 2019, Afghanistan witnessed its fourth Presidential elections since the ouster of the Taliban in 2001. It was hoped that elections would...

Issue Brief on “Pakistan & FATF: Meeting the Challenge”

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), after a five days meeting in Paris on October 15, 2019, retained its earlier decision to keep Pakistan...

Issue Brief on “Indian Atrocities in IOK: Is India Following Israeli Script?”

On August 05, 2019, in what Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called “a historic decision”, the Government of India unilaterally abolished Article 370 and...

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